Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

Prehistoric Trackways National Monument is a national monument, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.About Prehistoric Trackways National MonumentPrehistoric Trackways National Monument preserves one of the world’s most significant Early Permian megatracksites within 5,280 acres of the Robledo Mountains, north of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Visitors can hike along informal trails through rugged desert canyons to view fossilized footprints of amphibians, reptiles, insects, plants, and petrified wood dating to approximately 280 million years ago. To preserve these scientifically important fossils, select trackway specimens have been removed and curated at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, forming the Jerry MacDonald Paleozoic Trackways Collection. Visitors can view these tracks by reserving a public tour of the museum’s Geoscience Collection. The Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science also features two large trackwaysThings to do at Prehistoric Trackways National Monument